English final evaluation

We are next to finish Batxillerat and now we can do a reflection about the first and the second course and we can evaluate if we improved or not.
First of all, I think that I have improved my level of English. In my opinion the most important reason is that during the ESO every year we do the same and we don’t learn enough. If we don’t go to “extra” classes out of the IES our level is very low. And this year we need know all past tenses and more grammatical points that we have never worked in ESO.
I think that the activity that shows better my English level are the writings, because in it we need to put all the thinks that we know.
The most useful activities are the readings, the listenings, the writings, the speakings (with Annika) and the orals. The activities that are not very useful for me are on Tuesdays in the language room, because we pass the time reading newspapers, watching films, and playing with the computer in the model. And it’s true that we can do readings and listenings to prepare “selctivitat” or grammar, but this activities we also can do them in the normal class together. The blog and the portfolio are two other activities that in my point of view aren’t useful because the portfolio consist’s in loosing time taking the things that we have done during the term and putting them in a page of internet. The blog is written without any sense because we don’t know the errors that we do, only some of them. I prefer doing more writings to prepare us for “selectivitat” like: descriptions, letters, interviews..
Well, this is my little evaluation.

Goku’s /St. George’s acrostic

Dragon was killed by St. George, and a
Rose was born of the blood of the dragon
And finally, St. George saved the princess
Gently, St. George, gave the rose to the princess
Over the forest he asked her to marry her and a
Nice wedding they had.

Balls are searched by Son Goku and his friends
All the balls are dispersed for the world
Legendary dragon appeared when the seven balls are together
Later, the dragon concedes you three wishes.

13, Figueres street
St.Miquel de Fluvià
17475
10th April 2008


Department of enviromment
12, Catalonia street
Barcelona

Dear Sir Joan Saura,

I am writing because in my town there are a lot of problems with the water. Now we are in April, and it seems that is too early to think about the water, because usually until summer there aren’t problems. But this year, with the climate change, it is not raining enough and now we have problems with water.
First of all, with my letter I want ask you about won’t do the restrictions of water in the summer in our town, because in summer we will have more problems than now.
The second point that I would like to tell you is that I expect that you can give us some help with the water like building a piping that drive with Sant Miquel some water.
I hope that think about it and try to help us!
I look forward to receiving a reply!

Yours sincerely,Eudald Espluga

Interview

- Journalist: Hello! Today we have with us, in Blue Earth magazine, the leader of the Tuareg clan that lives in the Sahara desert. His name is Buba, and he’s going to explain us some things of their way of life. Hello Buba! Have you ever seen rain in the desert?
- Buba: Hello! No, I’ve never seen rain in Sahara, but my grandfather told me that when he was young he saw rain twice. I only see some clouds in the sky, but I never see rain.
- J: Have you and your clan ever had problems to have water?
- B: During the year we have water, but in the summer, sometimes, we have some problems because water is evaporing easily.
- J: It’s true that in a bottled fossil water pumped from underground the is a clean, refreshing and mineral water?
- B: Oh yes! It’s the best water in Egypt. A long time ago the most important people of the country went to the Sahara and took away the water, but now some organizations like Greenpeace protect de place.
- J: On a study of Jennifer Smith, a geologist a Washington University in St. Louis, says that in the past Sahara was a green place, with a lot of water, where the hippopotamuses can live. Do you think that in the future Sahara can be again time a green place?
- B: Well, for me this idea is very strange. I’ve always seen the Sharara like a desert and I can’t imagine a green place there. But I think that is possible if the experts considered this option.
- J: Well Buba, that’s all. I hope that this interview helps people to know better the tuareg clans. Thanks for all.
- B: Thanks! Bye!

Summary

The last book that I read is “las amistades peligrosas”. Is a book writed for Chaderlot Laclos, a writer of the 19th century of the movement of “la Il·lustració”. This book expresses one of the points more characterisc of the movement of this movement: “el llibertinatge” The book consist of a couple of letters that explain the relationships of different characters. The most important characters are M. Valmont and Mdm. Merteuil.
I think that it is a very good book and expresses perfectly well, the time of “la il·lustració” and “llibertinatge”. I also think that expres a beautiful idea of the love and the relationships.

BBC news (video)

Shark population deacreasing

The population of Sharks in America is decreasing. The experts says that there are studies about the population of the sharks in the pacific ocean.They try to catch sharks and meseure ans study them. Neil Hammershlag, the co-director of the Florida student shark program says that some problems that afect the big sharks are overfishing and polution.

expresions:
- Popolation decreasing: la població decreix
- overfishing: sobrepesca





Jesús in a rock?

Some people of Fountain Hills in Arizona says that if you look long enough to the red rock, you can see a face. One of this people, Russell Bechtel explain that when he see the face he think that he is his God. The face apear in the afternoon, when the shadows form the face. The people really believe that this is the Jesús face.

expresions:
- shadows: sombres
- look long enough: mirar el temps suficient

Catalonia today news

The Oxford murders

The Oxford murders is a film of the directorÁlex de la Iglesia. The fil talk about a young mathematics student, protagonitzed for Elijah Wood, at Oxford becomes intrigued by series of murders and sets out to back down the killer, aided by his logics professor ( John Hurt), a man with a Sherlock like talent for deciphery mathematical clues and putting the pices together.

The glamour of gangsters

The new film that appare this week are “we own the night” of James Gray that are interpreted for Joanquin Phoenix and Eva Mendes, “Awake that was directed bf Joby Harold and interpretated for Jessica Alba, and finally “the game plan” interpretated y Dwayane “the rock” Johnson.

Prehistoric Catalonia

The most important dinosaurs in Catalonia was Iguanadon bernissartensis, Losillasaurus gigantecus, Titanosaurus and Parahabdono isonensis. The Iguanadon is one of Europe’s most common dinosaur species. The palaeontologist think that they was herbibore. They also think that Losillasaurus was 30-tone and titanosaurus could grow up to 12 meters.

Touching light in Empordà

The watercolour athe capture of the light and colour of l’Empordà. There are 50 Artworks on display at “Museu de l’Anxova I de sal” at l’Escala. The works are the products of local artist Rafel Ramis I Ballesta who was born in l’Escala in 1912, and who spent his formative years in Barcelona.